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\ I Charles Schmidt checks lift station at new sewer facility that serves the Lakemoor area. Total cost of the project is 91.700,000, with financing assisted by a grant from the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in the amount of 11,175,000. Only five residents had not availed themselves of the opportunity of being served as of mid-week. » STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD T & C Holds Teen Night Teen night will again be an attraction of St. Patrick's Town and Country "Remember When", Wednesday, June 20. It is open for young people ages 7 through 18. As a special attraction, the "Storm Warning", a live rock and roll band, will appear in concert. They include Dean Howard, on guitar. Don Smith on bass and Brad Gregory on drums. In addition to all the en­ tertainment rooms, refresh­ ments will be available at the two restaurants. Don's Sub­ marine. chaired by Don and Arlis Folz, and the Pizza room, chaired by Don and Judy Reinboldt. Doors will be open from 6:30 to 11 p.m Protest Zoning The Coalition for Political Honesty is angry again. Its members were angry at least twice before, and each time people paid notice. Maybe it's because the Coalition is made up of people just like otii'selves who believe strongly in the worth of what that famous name in history had to say, "United we stand". This time the folks around us are disturbed that state budget figures show that the cost of operating the Illinois General Assembly has risen to more than $35 million a session. This is nearly double the cost of running the same legislative body seven years ago. Patrick Quinn, best known spokesman for the Coalition, calls it a "state scandal" that hard pressed Illinois families now have to pay more than $148,000 a session just to maintain one politician in Springfield. He thinks everyone who looks at that figure should do it with eyebrows raised. Quinn is sick and tired of politicians who grant them­ selves pay raises in record time and in his words, "refuse to cut waste in legislative operations". And because he is angry, and the other supporters of his army of resisters are angry, volunteers are organizing a statewide petition blitz which started last Saturday and continues to June 2. During this week they hope to gather signatures to place a referendum reducing the size of the Legislature on the 1980 ballot. They want to cut the number from 177 to 118. Quinn says the Illinois Legislature is the third largest such body in the country ~ but the highest paid. The cutback is guaranteed to save taxpayers more than $7 million by eliminating the salaries and maintenance costs of these 50 legislators. Although the Coalition had its start well before passage of Proposition 13 in California, that one act has whetted the appetite of many more for controlling the public purse. That one taste of victory has put thousands on the band­ wagon that calls for more frugal spending of public money. It will be interesting to see what dedicated volunteers can accomplish with the Cutback amendment. KAF The proposed zoning change of an approximately 714-acre parcel of land adjacent to the village of Bull Valley has met with stiff opposition from residents of Bull Valley, Crystal Lake and surrounding communities, including the city of McHenry. Although this parcel is out­ side the city's one-and-one-half mife sphere of influence, the northern half of the property does fall under the auspices of High School District 156 and Elementary District 15. The other half is in the Crystal Lake school districts. An interesting development is that the sewage outflow from the proposed plant will be Boone creek, which winds its way through the county, finally traversing downiQwn McHenry where it empties into the Fox river The parcel is bordered roughly on the east by Walkup road (Crystal Lake blacktop), the south by Crystal Springs road, the west by Cherry Valley road and the north by Mason Hill road The land is presently zoned for farming and the requested zoning change would be Residential single family for the majority of the land. Much of the debate at the four and a half hour meeting cen­ tered around the definition of "cluster single family attached housing." Robert May. president of May Development Co., described the houses to be single family units with one shared wall and no lot lines, tri­ plexes. and the like Although there were com­ ments that the arrangement sounds similar to a con­ dominium or a town house. May insisted that it was not the same. May also said that the petitioner's intent was to limit the development to 1.4(H) units, or two families per acre. There was some confusion when May said the aggregate floor space of the housing units would be 32 acres. This does not mean that it is 32 contiguous acres, but added all together, the floor space of all the houses would amount to 32 acres May hastened to add that the buildings might very well be more than one-story. The second major point of contention concerned sewage treatment and water levels. The next witness to address the ZBA and the audience was Fraser Scholes. a registered professional engineer who made an investigation into soil types and the sewer and water possibilities. Scholes said that more than a half of the acreage is not suitable for a septic tank system and recommended that a treatment plant be built. Boone creek, which exits in the northeastern part of the parcel, would be the probable outflow for the plant's effluent. Scholes said that from an environmental protection agency and community standpoint, the plant must be at To Serve Retarded HOLD BLOOD DRIVE McHenry Jaycees will hold a blood drive Monday. June 4, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the V.F.W. clubhouse. Launch Construction Of Rehabilitation Facility Set Cleanup Week Cleanup days in McHenry have been designated for the period Monday, June 11, through Thursday, June 14. Details will appear in both issues of next week's Plain- dealer. Brush will be picked up the first Monday morning of each month, beginning June 4. Construction is under way on a 20,400-square foot building to provide a new headquarters for the rehabilitation and ad­ ministrative departments of the McHenry County Association for the Retarded. Robert Lam bourn, executive director, said the facility will combine services now provided at four locations. More efficient use of personnel, better service to clients, and a greater awareness by industrialists and businessmen on the services available through Pioneer center are among benefits Lam bourn anticipates when the shift is completed about Oct. 15 The new facility is being built in Tonyan Industrial park, south of McHenry in McHenry Shores. The cost is $460,000. The brick front building with beige metal siding is being financed through loans from the Small Business administration and the Illinois Industrial Development authority At present. Pioneer center has a rehabilitation facility at McCullom Lake and another at Crystal Lake where 175 clients are in adult services supervised by Alan Dominic, director Dominic also supervises the evaluation center in Wood­ stock Eight employees, including administrative personnel, are located at the McHenry site now. People from all four facilities will move to the McHenry Shores site, permitting the closing of the three buildings now occupied and allowing a new use for the McCullom Lake site In the rehabilitation center. Pioneer center clients handle a (Continued on page 18) A/an Dixon Rotary Guest Secretary of State Alan J. Dixon will be the guest speaker at the McHenry Rotary club's luncheon meeting at noon Thursday, June 7, in the American Legion home. He will speak on the topic, "Govern­ ment Business Is Your Business." Secretary Dixon officially declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate April 2, following Sen. Adlai Stevenson's (D-Ill.) announcement March 30 that he will not seek reelection for a third term in 1980. Dixon is the first Democrat to enter the race for Stevenson's seat. The only Republican who has formally announced for the Senate is Attorney General William J. Scott. My Dad's The Greatest When the prizes are as enticing as sleeping bags for two and a tent, a fellow has to inspect the merchandise. That's what these youngsters, Jeff and Chris Peterson, are doing in front of the Plaindealer office, 3812 W. Elm street, Wednesday morning. The inspection is all part of a Father's day contest for girls and boys 10 years old and under, sponsored by the newspaper. They are invited to express their thoughts about Dad in 50 words or less in competition called "My Dad's the Greatest!" Judging will be on significance of content and sincerity. Flags will be given to two runners-up. All letters will be published in the June 13 issue of the Plaindealer in a special Father's day supplement. A picture of the winner and his father will appear in the June 15 issue. Deadline date to accept entries is Friday, June 8. A coupon appears on Page 6, Section 2. 3toar& Dinning Heto*papcr 1978' LSI Illinois Press Association Newspaper Contest Recommendation Friday Night Opening After polling the business community Wednesday, the Chamber of Commerce has recommended that in the interest of consistency, those stores that open only one night should do so Friday nights. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 Royal Flush Days To Hail Sewer Facility Completion After twenty-seven years and two and a half feet of paper work, Lakemoor is about ready to hook up to its sewer facility. June 1, 2 and 3 have been declared Royal Flush days for the village. The total cost of the project is $1,700,000. Financing was accomplished through a grant from the State of Illinois En­ vironmental Protection Agency (E>PA) for $1,175,000, by General Obligation bonds of $185,000, Revenue bonds of $270,000 and the balance by the local residents through their hookup fees To date all but five of the residents of the village have availed themselves, paid the hookup fee and are waiting for the green light for hookup. The Royal Flush days "will give the citizens a chance to celebrate and unwind", says President Richard J Hyatt, who adds, they need it after all they have been put through". There will be a large carnival along the lake front on Highway 120 for three days Friday evening ther^ will be live en­ tertainment/on the band stand across from the village hall. Saturday mWning at 10 a.m. there will be a a bike parade in front of the village hall. Prizes will be awarded in various categories. At 1 p.m. the official ceremony will take place at the band stand across from the village hall. Federal, state, county and officials from the neighboring municipalities have acknowledged their intent to be present. This will be followed by a reception hosted by President Hyatt in the village Council chambers. Saturday evening there will again be live entertainment on the band stand Sunday, the Ladies league will hold a bake sale in the village hall from l to 4 p.m. This will be County Western day. From noon to 10:30 p.m at the band stand, various bands will perform During this time there will be performances by an Elvis impersonator During the three days of festivities the president and board of trustees have granted the local business establish­ ments to remain open extra hours, closing only to comply with the state law. / Co-chairmen for the event are Ronald Sharff and L^s Nejedly. Progress started with t..* first village president, Claude F McDermott, and followed through by the second president. John Bonder. Ten years ago. when Richard J. Hyatt took over the leadership of the village, along with the assistance of the late Francis Coughlin, who was then a village trustee, things moved more rapidly. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1979 2 SECTIONS 26 PAGES 20' VOLUME 103 NUMBER 88 ALAN J. DIXON (Continued on page 18) Village Of Lakemoor Bull Valley Area Change least as good as a municipal plant. All sewage treatment plants are subject to complete design control of the Illinois En­ vironmental Protection Agency < IEPA), and must be approved by the agency, Scholes said. According to Scholes, Illinois standards regarding the ef­ fluent vary depending on where the outfall is -- where it ends up The standards are most stringent in recreational waters and standing pools of water as opposed to flowing streams. Scholes estimated that it would take a half million gallons of water per day to operate the proposed sewage plant. He based his figure on a population estimate for the development of 5,000 people, and 100 gallons of water per y person per day to operate the plant David Petty, Bull Valley, wondered whether or not this volume of water every day would cause neighboring wells to go dry and what the effect would be on the water table in the area "I don't know," Scholes said Nancy Moore was concerned about the possibility of an overflow or a leak from the pipes Scholes said that the outfall from a sewage plant would be much less dangerous than leakage from a septic tank system Scholes added that with the checks and controls available on a modern plant," the possibility of an accident is remote." The meeting was recessed at 4:30 until Thursday STAFF PHOTtf-WAYNE GAYLORD Clean Water Plan Is Available To Public A regional plan for cleaning up northeast Illinois's water is available for public inspection at the McHenry County Planning department The Areawide Water Quality Management Plan <AWQMP) was developed over the past four years by the Northeastern Illinois Planning commission and local steering committees following a federal mandate to clean up the nation's water­ ways and improve water quality The plan has been sent to Gov. Thompson for cer­ tification The plan will also be sent to the Illinois En­ vironmental Protection agency to be certified as an acceptable program for implementing the Federal Water Pollution Control act. When accepted, the plan will have authority to enforce its recommendations through Illinois Pollution Control Board regulations. As some revisions from the Governor and the U.S. EPA are expected, only a limited number of copies were printed. McHenry county has only one copy at the Planning depart­ ment office It will be available for public inspection Monday through Friday during office hours, 8:30 to 5 p.m /